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BALE-TIE MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 27, 1906 Application filed July 7, 1905. Serial No. 268,658.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GORDON A. RUMBEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Bale-Tie Machines, of which t e following is a specification.

My invention relates to. improvements in bale-tie machines adapted to manufacture wire bale-ties of any required length from wire-stock in the coil for use in baling hay or roduct.

The ject of my invention is to present a complete bale-tie machine of fewest possible parts which may be constructed at very moderate expense, comparativelys eaking, which will take control of wire from t e coil, convey it to a cutting device, cut it into uniform len ths, form a twisted loop upon the-end of eac separate length of wire, and convey as well as deposit the manufacturedbale-ties in counted lots ready to be made into ackages.

My invention has for one of its oFject-s the presentation of a ready means of adjustment to allow the cutting of longer or shorter lengths of the wire-stock; also, a means to prevent any misplacement or bending of the sev- 'eralbale-ties after they leave the cutting device while in process of counting, which will automatically count the ties in predetermined quantities for each bundle, which will cause crooked or bended wire to become straight ened before being cut, and which presents a twister and loop-former simple in construction andefiective in operation, and the presentation of resiliently mounted parts of mechanism, all to be held in compact relative positions to not easily become out of repair, and which by a small degree of power will have a high eiliciency of speed for the purposes re uired.

Wit-ht ese and other objectsin view my invention presents a new combination and arrangement of parts, as described herein and as ilh'strated by the drawings, wherein Figure lrepresents a plan view showing the principal parts of my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical side elevation, parts being broken away to illustrate the principal parts not shown in Fi 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an opposite side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical end view of my invention. Fig. 6 is -a vertical sectional view of the frame on the line a a of Fig. 1 to ilh strate relative position of parts. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of suptails of Fig. 36.

' detaining head and separating-Wheel.

porting-framework. Fig. 8 is a side view illustrating the means for resiliently mounting one of the feed-wheels. Figs. 9, 10, '11 are details of Fig. 8. Fig. 12 is a vertical side vi ew of the supp orting-plate for wire-s traightening mechanism. Fig. 13 represents a side elevation of the supporting-plate and straightening wheels thereon. Fig. 14 illustrates means for adjustment and detention of the series of straightening-wheels. Fig. 15.is a detail of Fig. 14, showing the face of the wirereceiving block. Fig. 16 illustrates wirefeed wheels and relative parts, and Fig. 17 is an end viewof the feed-wheels shown in Fig. 16. Fig. 18 represents an end view of Fig. 2 to illustrate the method of mountingtubes for tie conveying and dropping device and to illustrate tie-depositing means. Fig. 19 is a detail of Fig. 18, and Figs. 20 and 21 are enlarged details to illustrate construction of the tubes shown in Fi 2. of the twister, its isk, and shaft. Fig. 23 is a plan view of the rack. Fig. 24 is a side elevation of the rack, and Fig. 25 is an .end view of the rack-holder or rack-track. Fig. 26 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1 on the broken line b b to show relative osition of disks, dogs, and cutting means. ig. 27 is a vertical end view of parts shown in Fig. 26, and Fig. 28 is a plan view of the disks shown in Fig. 26. Fig. 29 is a plan view of the cam I and mechanism connected therewith. 30 is a side view of cam to illustrate the contour of its interior groove. Fig. 31 is a detail of Fig. 29, showin cam-roller and its bearings. Figs. 32 and 33 are enlarged views of the loop-former. Fi 34 is a face view oiintcrmittent gear-whee Fig. 35 is a side elevation of intermittent gearwheel and guard. Fig. 36 is a plan View of intermittent gearwheel and pinion. Figs. 37 and 38 are de- Fig. 39 represents the construction of one of the series of supportingbolts for the mounting of straightening-rollers. Fig. 41 is a straightening-roller mounted upon its supporting-bolt, and Figs. and 42 represent the washer and nut therefor. Fig. 43 is an enlarged face view of the wire- Fig. 44 is a sectional view of Fig. 43. Fig. 45 is a side view of a double conveying-wheel. Fig. 46 is a sectional view of Fig. 45. Fig. 47 is a perspective andenlarged view of one of the bisected tubes. Fig. 48 represents a front elevation of the standard, positioned upon its supporting-shelf. Fig. 49 is a side elevation ITO of 48. Fig. represents an end view of mounted com uting devices. Fig. 51 represents a side e evation illustrating the principal parts shown in Fig. 50. Fig. 52 re resents an end view of detaining-head to i ustrate cam movement. Fig. 53 represents a part of the detaining-head and relative position of depressing-lever, also illustrates cam and arm actuating movement. Fig. 54 illustrates normal position of depressing-lever and cam and arm actuating movement. Fig. is a side elevation of a part of Figs. 53 and 54. F' s. 56 and 57 are vertical side and end views 0 the tie-detacher. Figs. 58, 5 9, and are vertical side views to illustrate the relative positions of the slot Within the detaining-head, the twister-arm, and the loopformenand varying ositionsoi' wire. Figs. 61 and 62 illustrate t e same.

I construct a suitable frame-body 1, of a enerally rectangular form, supported upon egs of a convenient height and having strength to sustain the various shaftings, gearings, springs, and mechanisms employed, and journaled in suitable boxing at 2 upon the higher part of the frame is the shaft 3, which receives rotation from the pulley 4 from an source of power. J ournaled in suitable hearings 5 and 6 upon the frame is the shaft 7, which causes rotation of the cam 8, positioned at one end, and the gear-wheel 9 at the op osite end of said shaft. Upon one end of s aft 3 is mounted the pinion 10, and I mount the intermediate idler-pinions 11 and 12 within the slot "13 of the lever 14, suitabl journaled therein. The lever 14 is vertica ly and axially, but not rigidly, hung at its upper end upon and about the boxing 2 of the s aft 3. A curved slotted arm 15 extends from the lower lengthwise of the b0 of the machine, (shown best in Fig. 3,) t e inner walls of the slot 16 resting upon the threaded'compressionpin 17, slidably positioned upon the frame.

Near the lon itudinal center of shaft 3 is rigidly mounte one of the feed-wheels 18, and below it and in vertical alinement therewith is the second feed-wheel 19, resiliently hung in a manner as follows: I construct the yoke 20, Figs. 1, 8, 9, and 10, provided with the arms 21 and 22, the arms 22 terminating in a boxing 23 to receive the trunnions 24 of the feed-wheel 19. Hi idly mounted upon the legs of the machineame (best shown in Fig.5) is a framework, also shown in perspective b Fig. 7. The arms 25 pass upon either side 0 the feed-Wheel 19, and the openings 26 are adapted to furnish a bearing for the trunnions 27 of the arms 21, Fig. 8. The yoke 20, with its arms 21 and 22, its shank 28, and extension 29, form a complete lever with ful= crum 27, Fig. 8, allowing a slight raising or lowering of the feed-Wheel 19 by action of said lever, and the spring 30, which has a fixed bearing upon the floor or lower part of (part of the lever 14 the frame, is a compression means to cause the raising of the feed-wheel 19 and causes its periphery to be ressed against the periphery of feedhee 18.

I construct a supporting-plate, Fig. 12, with a series of angular slots 31 therethrou h and support it rigidly upon the arm 32 of t e machine-frame for the urpose of sustaining in a fixed but adjustablh position the series of supporting-bolts, Fig. 39, for Wire-straightening rollers 33, held in true relative aline ment and susce tible of adjustment toa suitable higher or ower altitude upon the 1 late 'by means of the threaded bolts 34 an 35,

screwed downward or upward through the up er or lower edge surface of the plate. In or er that the series of rollers 33 may have a true vertical as well as altitude alinement, I employ a series of bolts having angular seating-faces 36, Fig. 39, fitting within the adj ace'nt vertical walls of the slots 31, and employ the integral collar 37 thereon, whose vertical walls present a true right angle to the riding-surface 38 of the bolt. The rollers 33 are provided with grooves near their eriphery, and I employ a guiding-plate 39, Fig. 15, rigidly and transversely mounted upon the outer end of the supportingplate, provided with the slot 40 to receive and guide the wire. Since the straightenin -rollers 33 are mounted in true relative alinement, an crooked-or bent wire coming from the coi supply will be straightened during the; assa e' of the wire through the ooves of t ese ro ers. 1. construct the con ucting-tube 41, one part thereof being secured upon the arm 32 o the frame, a like portion t ereof being in alinement therewithand terminating in the boxed conductor-.42, Fig. 4.

It will be understood that power applied to rotate the pulley 4 in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 3, will cause a rotation of the feed-wheel 18 in the same direction. A portion of the peri heries of feed-wheels 18 and 19 have smooth corresponding surfaces adapted to come in frictional engagement with the lengthwise wire coming between them from the straightening-rollers, and they are also provided with intermeshing gears upon a portion of their peripheries, and a feeding movement is thereby established for the wire. Any flattening of the wire from this frictional contact is prevented by reason of Wheel 19 being mounted u on the yoke 2O and the resilient operation of this spring30, the upward pressure of the wheel 19 being no greater than the force exerted b this spring. This invention does not inclu e any means for regulating the lon itudinal-speed rno'vement of wire except t e conjoint movement of feed wheels 18 and 19. The feeding of the wire continues at uniform speed so long as the gears of wheels 18 and 19 are in. mesh. It is convenient, however, to cut bale=ties of vanous lengths, and my invention permits this may be made and gear-wheels of greater or less diameters may be substituted for that of gear-wheel 9, and thereby the length of wire may be cut of correspondingly longer or shorter lengths, as desired, and the slotted arm 15, Fig. 3, will be shifted accordingly to ward or away from shaft 7 to accommodate the change.

Rigidly upon the legs of the frameI construct the bracket 43 to support the shelf 44, Figs. 2 and 48, and upon the shelf 44 I construct,'rigidly, the standard 45, adapted to sustain the shaft 52, suitably journaled in the boxin 46 upon its upper end.- Uponone.

end 0 shaft 52 I rigidly place the detaining head 47 and its companion separating-wheel 48, and adj acently thereto I rigidly place the double conveying-wheel 49. Y

- in a suitable manner to the floor, with suitable boxing 51 at its upper end to contain the horizontal shaft 52, and I construct aseriesj of tubes 53 with their uards 54, these tubes being mounted at equ radial distances from a common center and held rigidly in their rel" ative positions and equallyspaced apart, by means of the curved arms 55. The tubes thus constructed and mounted are for the purplose of aiding in the lengthwise support of t e wire-stock before it has been cut, of confining the wire'and bale-tie while and after being cut, and-of preventing misplace-v ment of the manufactured bale -tie until it has been conveyed, counted, and finally de posited; I find. it convenient to construct this series of tubes in comparatively short 1 sections and mount them as a unit upon the:

shaft 52, and this is accomplished by a simw. ple casting of. a central .body,;,portion 56, Fig.

' 19, with the integral arms '55,, the latter beingadapted to overlap the series of tubes and to afl'ord a rest for the tube ends. The opening 57 is adapted to receive the shaft 52, and the body portion 56 is rigidly mounted thereon,

. and the end of each tube 53 is made integral with the arm 55, as by soldering the parts. Each tube 53 has a slotor opening 58 extend ing lengthwise of its body, and each tube is mounted so that the slot is inalinement with the radial space. appearing in front, radially considered, of each arm 55, and after mounting the tube Within each arm I construct the guard 54, one endof said guard being integral with the tube and the opposite end of the guard overlapping that part of the-arm which protrudes beyond the periphery of the tube. The first section, or that section situated nearest the principal part of the machine, difiers from any other section, since the outer half of each tube is entirely .removed and the place of each tube appears as an open trough 83, Fig. 47 L 1 cm loy twelve of the radially-disposed tubes 53 or each sec.

tion. The number, however, may be varied,

the first section will always correspond to the number of tubes of each section. The open portion of the troughs 83 answers the function of the otherwise slot 58for the first section, and the slot 58 is continuous throughout the entire length of the series of sections.

Upon the supporting-leg 50 I place the stale 60, Fig. 18, asa su port for one end of the liorizontal shaft 61, t eopposite end of said shaft being supported upon the bracket 43 Within suitable bearings. The shaft 61 is provided with tie-supporting arms 62, set integrally thereon upon the same radial plane, and passing downward'beneath the series of tubes 53 and above the shaft 61 is an oppositely-disposed series of supporting-arms'63,

. secured r1 idly to the floor, and as thus con- I construct the supporting-leg '50, securedstructedt e openings or slots 58 in the series of tubes of each section, as; well as the curved troughs 83 of the first section, are in alinement, and no obstruction is offered to'the lengthwise passage of wire therein. g

, -A guide-chamber 64, Fig. 3, effects a junc-v tion withthe boxed conductor 42, and it is ,gradually reducedin size as it ap roaches its opposite open end, terminating c osely-adjacent to the firstsection of tubes 53 above mentioned and in vertical alinement'with next tolthe uppermost of said tubes. The guidechamber 64 has closedsides and roof,but has no fioor,,and its sides and gradually recedingreef extend slightly above but closely adj acent to the trou hs 83 next to the uppermost. The cutting o the Wire is effected by means of the u per movable shear 65 coming in contact wit the stationary shear 66 at the ori- -fice 67, Fig. 26, ofthe boxed conductor 42. .By action of the feed-wheels 18 and 19 the Wire is drawn into the conducting-tube 41 from the outside coil-suppl and by the same agenc is pushed forwar into the guidecham er 64 and along the one .of the series of troughs 83 into next to the upper one of the series of tubes 53 to a predetermined distance, (depending upon diameter of gearwheel 9,) at which time the wire'is cutfrom the wirestock by action of the shearsf Immediately after the cutting occurs the length of wire which has been severed is manufactured into a bale-tie and handled in a manner herein after described.

I willnow explain the function of tubes and other devices employed as conveying means. p The shaft 52 has several devices; rigidly mounted thereon and imparts a common radial movement to the separating-head 48, the detaining-head 47, the conveyingewheel 49,

the section of troughs 83, as well as the several sectionsof tubes53 in the direction indi cated by the arrow in Fig. 18, since thesedevices are made rigid with said shaft, and the speed of this revolving movement istimed in I a manner .so that the tube next to the topmost receives a wire the instant before the centers, the advancing walls of the several grooves being set upon the radii and the opposite walls receding. The lower points of the grooves of this double wheel are in alinement with the inner surface of the series of troughs and tubes, so that the wire when cut and twisted rests upon these surfaces, and the wire at this time also rests within the slot 91 of the detaining-head, Fig. 43, and at the time the twisting of the wire occurs the cut length of wire is resting within the up ermost slot of the detaining-head 47, as we 1 as in the uppermost trough and tube, they all being in true alinement, and the wire remains in that osition while the twisting occurs, after which, the shaft 52 having rotated a sufficient distance to cause the adjacent tube to make a radial presentation in alinenient with guide-chamber 64, another cutting of wire occurs, and in this manner the tubes,

troughs, conveying-wheels, detaining-head, as well as separating-wheel 48, move radially and in unison in the direction indicated, carrying in each respective descending tube, trough, groove, and slot a manufactured baletie, the radially-ascending tubes, troughs, grooves, and slots bein empty, and each bale-tie in turn drops from the slot 52 of -the tube 53, as well as from its other surface supports just mentioned, and falls by its own weight upon the transversely-dis:

58 the guar wire to return to the slot, since the form of posed supporting-anns 62 and 63, Fig. 18, and by t 's radial arrangement and movement the bale-ties are conveyed and deposited in a manner to prevent misplacement or bending of the wirestock. The guards 54 prevent any interruption to the orward passage of wire-stock, and when from vibration, oscillation, or accidental tilting of the free end of the wire-stock during its forward assage it passes out of the slot d 54 has a tendency to cause the the guard at its enlarged portion increases the otherwise diameter of the tube on which it is placed, and while this enlarged portion offers no obstruction to the forward passage of Wire it forms a gradually-raised radial surface adapted to prevent a movement of wire in any other direction, longitudinally speaking, than toward the slot 52. The guard 54 also covers the periphery of the curved arm 55, preventing any obstruction from that source to the forwardly-passing wire.

the several devices employed for cutting and twistin the wire. Upon the bed-plate 68 I place the shaft 69, journaled in its bearings 70 and 71, Figs. 1 and 3, and upon the shaft 7 I lace the miter-gear 72, adapted to mesh wit the gear 73 of shaft 69, and I mount the double disks 74 and 75 thereon, carrying, respectively, the lugs 76 and 77, Figs. 3, 26, an 28.

I construct rigidly upon the bed-plate 68 the anchor-piece 78 and ivotally mount thereon at 79, Fig. 26, the d dg-levers 80 and 81, Figs. 1, 3, 4, 26, 27, and 28. The free end of the dog-lever 80 is forced downward upon the disk 74 by action of the spring 82, Figs. 3, 4, 5, 28. The free end of the dog-lever 81 is forced down upon disk 75 by action of the s ring 30, Fig. 6, and it will be understood t at as these disks revolve in a direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 26, the slanting side of the lugs make contact with the lower ends of the dog-levers, forcing the latter upward, and the upward movement of the free end of dog-lever 81 causes the rod 84, Figs. 3, 6, 26, to be raised. The rod 84 terminates as an angular frame 85, Figs. 3 and 6, and sustains one end of the lever 86, the opposite end of said lever being pivotall-y hung on the leg at 87. Lever 29 rests upon lever 86, and it is obvious that as the lug of disk 75 raises the dog-lever 81 and as the r0d'84 is raised thereby lever 29 is also raised, which lowers the engaging wheel 19, and the forward movement of the wire ceases in consequence thereof. In other words, forward movement of the wire ceases because pressure at the periphery of the feed wheel 19 is removed from the wire, and the meshing of feedwheels 18 and 19 is no longer established after feedwheel 19 has been dropped to lower planes by raising of lever 29, brought about by the lug 7 7 of isk 75 coming in contact wit dog-lever 81.

It will be understood that disks 74 and 75 are constructed integral and move in unison upon their common shaft 69 and havethe same diameters, and it is important that the wire shall come to a position of rest before being out. My construction provides for the variation in movement necessary for this purpose, as will be explained in this and the succeeding paragraph. While these disks have the same diameters and move in unison,

their respective lugs occu y slightly-different fore the cutting of the wire occurs. At the I '25 Figs. 53,54, 55.

, moment the forward motion of the wire Jceases the shear-arm 65 is swept downward,

since it is integral upon the back of dog-lever 80, and in moving downward makes contact with the shear-arm 66, Fig. 26,.thereby cutting the wire. Dog-lever,80 is sooner to act,because it has'a' less space upon the disk,

as shown by the broken lines in Fig. 26. Also the lug it makes contact with has a less pei0 riphe'ral face than lug 77. While dog-lever 81 is first to be raised, 1t is last to leave its lug, and by the arrangement and construction j above described the forward movement of .wire'is arrested momentarily and the cutting of the wire is effected, and, as is evident, one 'le thof wire is cut at each joint revolution of t e disks 74 and 75.

I mount ri idly the cam 90 upon the end of the shaft 69, ig. 3, and rigidly upon the side. 2o ofthe cam 90 I mount the arm 89, both having'a slow-moving radial sweep, and upon the standard 45 -I rigidly mount the sustaining arm 109, which terminates in a bearing-head 110, which incloses the depressing-arm 111',

provide the transversely-formed slot 88 .upon the guidecha'mber 64, Fi .-4. The de ressing-arm 111 is constructe integral with its shaft 112, Fig. 55, and its *normal positionisan upward'in'cline, as shown in Fig. 54, by

reasonof the actionof spring 113. The upwardsweep of cam 90 causes its free end to come in engagementwith the'blocks 92 of the detaining-head 47, thereby actuating its shaft 52, Fig. 2, and causing it to rotate inthe direc. tion indicated by the arrow, Fig. 53, and by the same upward sweep of cam the arm 89 thereon makes contact with the curved base f of the depressing-arm 111, throwing the lat -;-Z10 -ter forward, so that it, passes with a sweep l within the slot 88, Fig. 4, at the moment when the length of wire s been cut, pressing downward the severed wire length 114 within the slot 91,.thereby causin the end of the '45? wire tobe'v ositioned upon 1; e grooved head j 106 of the oop-former 94, (shown in Figs. 29,

-' 32, and 62,) the operation of forming the wire loo to be hereinafter explained.

pon the shaft 7 I mount the camS with #55 its groove 95, Figs. 1, 29, 30, andupon the "bedla'te68I construct the rack 96, adapted to s ide horizontally withinthe extending track or slot 97, formed within the bed-' plate, Fig. 25, and confined beyond ver- 55 tica'l'movement by the straps 98, secured to the bed-plate. The'rack is adaptedto have I a horizontal movement within its track and 4 is connected with the yoke 99,'Fig. 29, containing the spring 100, the yoke 99 terminat- 6o ing in, the head 101, the latter furnishing the inclosed bearing for the cam-roller 102, F ig.

31. The roller 102 fits within the groove of the cam 8, Fig. 30.. I construct the shaft 103 suitably ournaled upon the bed-plate 68 and 6 5 mount thereon the pinion 104, adapted to enrection away from the cam the lo op-former former is mounted.

Rigidly upon the shaft 7 I mount the inter- "mittent gear whe'el 1'15, Figs. 1, 5, 34, 35,

gage the rack 96, and'upon the end of shaft 103 I rigidly mount the loop-former 94. The loop-former 94 has an enlarged body adapted to be fitted upon its shaft, a shank extending parallel with its shaft, but radially distanced 7o there om sufficient so that the finger of its grooved'head 106 will make contact during a part of its radial swing with the slot 91 of the detaining-head 47, Figs. 46, 61, and 62.

It will be understood that the cam 8 causes 7 5 the forward and backward movement of the rack by action of thecam-roller1'02 within the cam-groove 95 and that when the cam revolves in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 4, there is no movement of the rack or loop-former while the roller is engaged by the circular portion of the groove, but when the elongated portionof the groove makes con-- tact with the roller sliding of the rack is' effected, followed byan interval of rest, after which the-rack is again moved upon its track in a direction backward or toward the cam. The pinion -104 is rotated'upo'n its shaft by action of the rack. As the rack moves in a diis partly rotated, so that its angular shank is turned to assume a position shown in Fig. 29. The loop-former 94 then remains in a position of rest, while the cam roller 102 remains within the rounded portionof the groove 95, Fig. 30. Upon the continued rotation of the cam, the rack 96 isdrawn' in the direction of the cam, by which action the loop-former performs about one-half of a revolution, and y an upward swing covering about the upper half of a circle causes its finger 105 to contact within the slot 91 ofthe detaining-head 47,,

Figs. 2, 46, 61, 62. The head 106 of the loop- .former 94, as well as its finger 105, has recessed face-walls,'as illustrated by 32 I05 and 33, adapted to receive and retain the wire. The spiral spring 100 within the yoke 99 is a resilient means to prevent undue vi bra'tion of shaft 103, upon which the loop- IIO provided with inclinedlyset teeth 116 for I about three-fourths of its face circumference, the remaining one-fourth of its rim being a smooth surface, and rigidly upon the back of the wheel adjacent to the blank surface and extending slightly beyond its eri hery is the curved plate 126. I lace tiie sliaft 117 in suitable boxing 118 an 119, and rigidly upon the-end of the shaft 117 is the beveled pinion 120, the teeth of which make engagementwith the intermittent gear just described. The pinion 120 is provided with an angular and integral collar 121, Figs. 36,37, 38, and rigidly upon the opposite end of shaft 117 I mount the disk 122, upon which, near its radial edge, I rigidly mount the wire-twister 123, Figs; 1, 4, 22, 26. The twister 123 is constructed with an arm extending forward par- 1 o .allel with its shaft, butnot 'm alinement therewith, and is provided with a hooked end 124, formed at a r1 ht angle with its shank and extending paral el-with the face of the disk 122 and asses slightlypast its center, Fig. 22. It will e thus understood that the revolvlng movement of shaft 7 in one direction causes the twister-shank 'to revolve so long as the teeth 116 of'gear 115, Figs. 34, 36, make contact fwiththe pinion 120, but'thatwhen the blank surface 125 is reached the wall of the rim 126engages the angular wall of the collar, Figs. 37, 38, and the shaft 117 remains at rest while the rim 126 is in engagement with the collar121, and in.this manner the twister has an intermittent rotary motion. 1 construct a curved outer cover 127 extending closelyabove and closely adiacent to the up-' per periphery of gear-whee I plnion 120, Fig. v35, rig1dlypos1t1oned 115, as well as to the upon t e boxing 118,-which 'rotects'these gears from making contact Wit any moving or stray wires. J p a 1 construct mechamsm for computing the number of bale-tiesfor each bundle by use of devices as follows: Upon the standard I rigidly mount the curved sustaining-arm 128 .w ch extends outward and upward with a returning curve tothe guide-chamber 64, this sustaining-arm being strongly constructed andmounted, so as to sustain the several devices in an operative position which are placed thereon. The computing-lever 129 is pivotally hung at its center upon the sustalnin -arm at 130, and at its upper end I pivota ly and resiliently mount t e plunger 131, the free end of which rests between the teeth upon the periphery of disk 132. I

- have already explained that the shaft 52,

upon which the conveying-wheel 49 is mount ed', receives actuation and is driven in the direction indicated b the arrow, Figs. 50, 52.

The conveying-whee 49 is composed of two I I sections, Fig. 46, and the lower end of the computingelever rests between the sections of the uppermost teeth, and when a wire length is cut it at once drops from the guidechamber 64 between the teeth of the conve ing-wheel and is carried forward radial y against the lower end of the computing-lever presently with sufiicient force to cause the upper end to actuate the plunger 131, causing it to be driven against the teeth of disk Disk 132 is sustained by its pivotal bearing on the curved sustaining-arm 128 .and is provided with a gear 133 at its center.

. Gear-wheel 134, Fi s. 3,51, also is sustained thereby,

and has a pivotal caring upon the curvedsus'taining-arm 128, and 1ts peripheral gear makes contact with gear 133 and is actuated ate the computing-lever 129, which Rigidly W1th gear-wheel 134 and closely adjacent thereto and *of similar di-@ ameter thereto is constructed and mounted the blank wheel 135, it being a com-' panion wheel to gear-wheel 134 and pivotally hung therewith. Suitably boxed uponthe standard 451 pivotally mount at 136 the curved lever 137, provided with its transversely-formed ends 138 and 139, Figs. 50, 51, the end 138 so sitioned as to have a bearing'on the face rim of the blank wheel 135, its opposite end 139 makin contact with lever 140, integrally attache to shaft' 7 61, Fig. 2. A part of the periphery of blank wheel 135 is mutilated, and an an ar space- 141 is thereby formed. As bale-ties are suc cessively formed they drop uqpn the supporting tie-arms 62 of shaft 61, igs.'.2, 50, as has already been explained. The weight thus sustained is considerable and 'a' downward pressure is thereby created. It be under stood that the rotation of the conve wheel 49 causes thewire lengths which he within the grooves between its teeth to actu causes the plunger 131 to rotate the disk 132, and each movement of the computing-lever 129 allows one wire length to pass its lower point, at which time and by which action one count-is made upon disk 132, and at each revolution, of gear wheel 134 the arm 138 of lever 137 dro s within the space 141 of the. l I

blank wheel 35, thereby causing the lower arm 139, of lever 137 to dropdownward, which throws the accumulated bale-ties cit from the supportin tie-arms 62 as a deposit,

shaft 52' on its bearings within standard 45;

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also there is a tendency of the cam movement to pro el shaft 52a greater radial space than a slug e tooth upon either the detaining-head or conveying-wheel. A governor or brake is therefore necessary to control the measurement of rotation of shaft 52 for each stroke of the cam 90, and I provide this brake by means of the steel compressionstrap 142, which is rigidly positioned upon the standard 45 at 143, Fig. 4, and it passes over the rounded to of standard 45, the other end being resi 'ently mounted upon the opposite side of the standard, Fig. '50, by means of the bracket 144, the coiled spring 145, and rod 146, to which the strap 18 attached.

In order that bale-tiesmaYb detached with certainty from the detainir. -head 93, I construct the tie-detacher147, P i'g. 4, also illustrated by the entire Figs. 56 and 57.

This device has a cycle-shaped iorm, its base being rigidly positioned upon the side of. standard 45, vertically placed, its curved arms 148 and 149 passing upon either side'of the detaining-head 47. As the finished bale- 5 ties are successively conveyed downward *they come-incontact with the outwardlycurved portions \of the arms and aredislodged from the slots 91 of the blocks 92 of the detaining-head. V The separating-head 48 ,'Fig. 44, assists reserving alinement of the iwirerand wire oop between the detaining-head and twister,

and in order that the wire-loop may be removed from the end of the twister'after the wire has been twisted I radially mount upon the separatin head the series of fingers 1'50, Figs. 43, 44, c 'osely adjacent to the slots 91. The movement of the twister ceases at a time when its angularly-extend'ing endpoints in the direction toward shaft 103, Fig. 1., the. operation of twisting the wire having been completed, and the radially-moving shaft 52 carnes the separating-head forward ,'.the finer 150 carrying withit radially the twisted Foop from the open end of the twister. "As a rule the slot 91 would perform the function of the finger 150 butthe wire or Wire 100 is not always perfectly straight and the useihl- .ness of the finger islarge y depended upon where the wire is not perfectly straight.

Having de'scribedthe operation of parts andtheir functions while passing, any detailed,

' description relatin to 'operation'is not now re uired, and it wi 1 be sufficient to say that 3 5 ba etiewire stock is drawn into the machine through the series of straightening-rollers 33 by frictional contact upon the Wire of feedwheels 18 and 19.?v The movement of the wire is-in astrai ht course. It ismoved forward by this force t ough the conducting-tube 41, the boxed conductor'42, and guide chamber 64 into a tube 53 to a selected distance, that distance being regulated by the diameter of adjustable wheel 9. The cutting occurs at the orifice 67, vertically adjacent to the shearsl At the time of cutting the wire rests within 011g of the tubes 53 next to the uppermost tu e. dog-lever 80 being raised by the lug 7 6 of disk 74. At themoment of cutting the wire has ceased its forward movement by reason of re- 7 moval of pressure, of feed-wheel 19 from the wire through operation-of doglever 81- being raised by h1g7 7 of disk 75. At the moment the wire is cut the latter is pressed downward throughthe open floor. of guide-chamber 64 by operation of the depressing-arm 111, and simu taneously with this movement shaft 52 is rotated sufiiciently to cause the tube which confines the wire to pass to the topmost position of the tube series, and-by this movement in unison with the alining to most trough 83 and corresponding block 0' the detaininghead the end of the severed wire falls within 65. the grooved head 1060f the loop-former, Fig.

The cutting is effected by means of,

62, which at this instant is in a position of restin its position farthest awa from the de- 'taining-head, and at this time the angular end 124 of the twister positions itself so that it lies'immediately above the wire in aposition of rest, Figs. 58, 62. The loop-former then performs an upward circular sweep, carrying within the grooves of its head the end of the wire over the angular intervening end I of the twister and deposits the wire within the slot 91, Figs. 58, 59, 60, 61, 2, of the detain-- ing-head. The loop havingthus beenformed, i the finger'10 5 ofthe twister presses down: ward u on the extreme end of'the loop within the slbt 91, Fig. 61, and continues the pressure until the twister, actuated by itsinter: mittent gear, (its angular end 124- beingstill. within the lo'op,-) rotates in common withiits disk several revolutions, thereby twisting the wire and completing the-loop. While this action is taking place wire stock is-passing again ,within the machine in thesame manner as described for the cutting ofanother length. The vertical plane occupied by the- ,incoming wire stock and its alining receivo ing devices is immediately and radially adjacent to the plane occupied by the loop-- former, twister end, 'and alining devices therewith, and the change from one radial operating plane to the other adjacent operat ing 'laneis effected by the radial movement of s aft 52. The radial movement of shaft 52 is caused by the contactingsweepof cam upon one of the teeth-of the detaininghead 7,-and, the distance of this radial move: 10o ment of shaft 52'is governed by the tension ofthe strap 142, so-that the movement is confined to a distance e" ual to a measurement from one to another 0 the'slots 91 of the de taming-head. The mechanism is so nicely adjusted and timed that all of the parts cooperate instantaneously, so that bale-ties are rapidly c ut, looped, twisted, counted, conveyed,

, and depositedfthe capacity being from thirty to thirty-two per minute inslengths'varying no from seven to eight feet, aspredet'ermine'd;

The intermittent gear which has been described causes the-twister to -assume a position'of rest with its free end pointed tothe horizon toward shaft 103 of the loop-former 1 15 v as soon as the cut length of wire has dropped within the head-groovesofthe loop-former, andit does not commence a twistin movement until the loop has been iorlne The groove of earn 8 is constructed to actuate the I rack andlocp-former, so that the movement of the latter will cooperate with that of the twister, and the earns 74 and 7 5, their lugs and dog-levers 80 and 81, which control the stop movement and cutting of wire, are constructr25 ed so that their movements will cooperatewith the movement of the loop-former and twister, so-that the cutting will occur at a time when the head of the loop-former is in'a osition of rest in the position farthest away om r 9 the detaining-head, whereit will receive withp in it grooves the severed length of wire. The

means for receiving the wire stock and for radially conveying and depositing the bale-ties, as well as computing means and the function and operation of each, have already been fully described.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A bale-tie machine comprising mechanism adapted to convey wire stock within the machine, means for severing the wire stockinto wire-blanks, in combination with a revoluble detaining-head, a series of r'adially-dis osed slots therein, a wire-twister, a wireoop former adapted to receive, convey and confine an end of wire-blank within said slots; said wire-twister being adapted to twist said end of wire-blank while thus confined within one of said slots. i

2. A bale-tie machine comprising mechanism adapted to convey wirestock within the machine a predetermined distance, means for severing the Wire stock into wire-blanks, in

combination with a revoluble detaining-head,

a series of radially-disposed slots therein, a wire-twister, a-wire-loop former adapted to receive, convey and confine an end of wireblank Within said slots; said wire-twister being adapted to twist said end of wire-blank while thus confined within one of said slots.

3. A bale-tie machine comprising mechanism adapted to convey wire stock within'the intermittent peripheral contact therewith, means for lateral conveyance of wire within the machine a predetermined distance, means for cutting the wire stock into blanks of prel determined varying lengths, in combination with a series of slots upon a revoluble detaining-head, a loop-former adapted to contact, consecutively, with said slots, and means for twisting one end of a wire-blank while confined within the slot.

5. A bale-tie machine comprising Wire-cutting means consisting of a stationary membar and a cam-actuated member, means for causing Wire to be drawn within the machine a predetermined distance before being cut, a loop-former adapted to form a loop upon the end of a wire, a revolving twister adapted to twist a wire loop, a revolving detaining-head, and a series of rotating receptacles adapted adapted to make contact wit to contain the wire before and after thewire is cut into lengths; said loop-former belng adapted to make contact with the wire loop twister rotates to form the twisted loop.

6. A bale-tie machine comprising wire-cutting means, consisting of a stationary memher and a cam-actuated member, means for causing wire to be drawn within the machine a predetermined distance before being cut, a loop-former adapted to perform a reciprocated rotary movement on its shaft and form a loop upon the end of a wire, a twister adapted to have an intermittent rotary movement to twist a wire loop, a rotating detaininghead, and a series of rotating receptacles adapted to contain wire before and after the wire has been out; said loo -former being ii the wire loop upon the detaining-head at which time the twister rotates to form the twisted loop.

7. A bale-tie machine comprising means for twisting a wire loop consisting of an angularly-formed arm adapted to have eriodical rotation, means for forming a wire oo consisting of an angularly-formed arm a apted to have reciprocated rotation; means for cut.- ting wire into lengths consisting of a station'- ary member and a cam-actuated member; the angular arm for said twisting meansbeing 'upon the detaining-head, at which time the adapted to detain the wire. length while the angular arm for said loop-forming means performs its rotary movement.

8. A bale-tie machine comprising means for twisting a wire loop consisting of an angu larly-formed arm adapted to have periodical rotation, means for forming a wire loo con-v sisting of an angularly-formed arm a apted to have reciprocated rotation; means forcutting wire into lengths consisting of a stationary member and a cam-actuated member; the angular arm for said twisting means being adapted to detain the wire length while the angular arm for said loop-forming meaiis performs its rotary movement; in combination with a shaft, and a series of rece tacles roo IIO

longitudinally and radially disposed t ereon.

9. A bale-tie machine comprising means for twisting a wire loop consisting of an angularly-formed arm adapted to have periodical rotation, means for forming a wire loo consisting of an angularly-formed arm a apted. to have reciprocated rotation; means for cut- I ting wire into lengths consisting ofa stationary member and a cam-actuated member; in combination with a shaft, a detaining-head thereon, a series of receptacles longitudinally and radially disposed thereon; the angular arm for said twisting means being adapted to detain the wire length while the angular arm for said loop-forming means performs its rotary movement; said shaft being adapted to rotate in one direction causing rotation of said detaining-head and series of receptacles, and said angular arm for loop-forming to have a periodical rotation; a wire-loop former having an angularlyiformed arm adapted to'have reciprocated rotation; means for cutting wire into lengths consisting of a stationary member and a cameactuated mem ber, in combination with wire feeding mechlength while the angulariarm radially-disposed having a shank former havin anism, wire-straightening mechanism, a series of receptacles adapted to contain wire be'- fore and after it has been cut into lengths, a wire-detaining head and a revoluble shaft,

said detaining-head and series of receptacles to be disposed upon said shaft and to receive rotation thereby; the angular arm of the twister being adapted tof detain the wire of the loopformer performs its rotation; the angular arm of the loop-former being adapted to make contact with the detaining-head while the angular arm of the twister is performing its rotation.-

' 11-. The combination of a rotating twister having a shank portion, and transversely positioned thereon a wire-contacting portion, a rotating loop-former having a shank portion and transversely seated thereon a wire-receiving portion, a revoluble detaining-head and slots thereon, wire-feeding mechanism and wire cutting mechanism; saidloop-fomner being adapted to make contact upon the slotsof the detaining-head at which time the twister rotates to form the twisted loop.

12. Thecombination gf'a rotating twister having a shank portion and transversely positioned thereon a wimeontacting portion and mechanism for delivering the wire, upon the wire-contacting portion; a rotating loop a shank portion, and transversely seate thereon a wire-receiving portion, a revolving detaining-head, and re iall'ydisposed slots thereon; wire-feeding mechanism and wire-cutting mechanism, said loopformer being adapted to make contact upon the slots of the detaining-head at which time the twister rotates to form the tin'sted loop.

13. The combination of a rotating twister portion and transversely positioned thereon a wire-contacting portion, and mechanism for delivering the wire upon the wire-contacting portion; a rotating loopformer having a shank portion and transversely seate thereon a wire-receiving por tion; mechanism for rotating the twister; a revoluble detaining-head and radially-disposed slots thereon; wire-feeding mechanism and wire-cuttingmechanism, said loop-former being adapted to make contact upon the slots of the detaining-head at which. time the twister rotates to form the twisted loop.

loo -former; a revoluble detaining-head and rat rally-disposed slots thereon; wire-feeding mechanism, wire cutting mechanism, and wire straightening mechanism, said loopformer being adapted to make contact upon the slots of the detaining-head at which time the twister rotates to form thetwisted loop.

15. The combination of a rotating twister having a shank portion, and transversely positioned thereon a wire-contacting portion, a rotating loop-former having a shank portion and transversely seated thereon a wire-receiving portion, a revoluble detaining-head and radially disposed slots thereon, wire feeding mechanism, wire-cutting mechanism and wire-straightenin mechanism; said loop former being adapte to make contact upon the slots of the detaining-head at which time the twister rotates to form the twisted loop;

a shaft, and revoluble thereon a series of ra dially-disposed wire-receiving receptacles, said receptacles being adapted to receive wire before and after being cut.

16. The combination of a rotating twister having a shank portion, and transversely positioned thereon, a wire-contacting portion; a rotating loop-former having a shank portion, and transversely seated thereon a wirereceiving portion; a revoluble detaininghead, and radially.- disposed slots thereon; wire-feeding, wire-cuttin and wire-straightening mechanism; said loop former being adapted to make contact within the slots of the detaining head at the time the twister rotates to form a twistedwire loop; a shaft, and revoluble thereon a series of radially disposed wire receiving receptacles, a double and similarly toothed conveyingwheel mounted upon said shaft, said receptacles being adapted to' contain wire before being cut and after the wire loop has been twisted; .said receptacles, conveying-wheel and detainin -head being adapted to convey wire during tlieir radial movement upon said shaft.

17. The combination of a rotating twister having a shank portion, and transversely positioned thereon a wire-contacting portion; a rotating loop-former having a shank portion, and transversely seated thereon a wire receiving portion; a revoluble detaininghead, and radiallydisposed slots thereon; wire-straightening, wire-feeding and wirecutting mechanism; said loop-former being adapted to make contact with the slots of the detaining-head at the time the twister rotates to form a twisted-wire loop; a shaft, 

